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Predator: Badlands

Predator · Predator Collection

2025 107 min PG-13
Critic8.0
Action Sci-Fi Adventure
Disney+ Apple TV FindEdition
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Overview

Set in the future on a remote planet, a young Predator outcast finds himself on an unexpected journey, transforming one of cinema's most iconic alien hunters into a hero worth rooting for.
Story 7.9
Acting 8.3
Direction 8.4
Cinematography 8.5
Music 8.2
Pacing 7.8
Originality 8.6
Emotional Impact 8.0
Overall 8.0

Editorial Review

By FindEdition Cinema Desk

8.0 /10

A Heroic Predator Perspective

Shifting the narrative focus to follow a young Predator outcast creates a refreshing and unique viewing experience.

World-Building and Lore

Introducing Yautja Prime and custom alien linguistics elevates the sci-fi depth of the franchise.

Pros

  • Innovative storytelling featuring a Predator as the lead protagonist
  • Fascinating expansion of Yautja lore and custom alien language
  • Strong performances by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning

Cons

  • Underperformed relative to its production budget at the box office
  • Unconventional shift in creature framing requires audience adjustment
Verdict A bold, imaginative, and thrilling evolution of the franchise that successfully turns an alien hunter into an engaging protagonist.

AI Review

A groundbreaking sci-fi action adventure shifting the franchise perspective to follow a heroic Predator outcast on a remote planet.

A bold, imaginative, and thrilling evolution of the franchise that successfully turns an alien hunter into an engaging protagonist.

Essential viewing in theaters or IMAX for all sci-fi action fans and franchise devotees.

Awards

Saturn Awards

Best Science Fiction Film · Nominated

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Development

Announced in February 2024 as 20th Century Studios expanded the Predator universe following the success of Prey.

Principal photography

Filmed in New Zealand under director Dan Trachtenberg.

Post-production

Completed in late 2025 ahead of its November theatrical premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

Saturn Awards

Best Science Fiction Film Nominated

Production

Development

Announced in February 2024 as 20th Century Studios expanded the Predator universe following the success of Prey.

Principal photography

Filmed in New Zealand under director Dan Trachtenberg.

Post-production

Completed in late 2025 ahead of its November theatrical premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

Streaming

Disney+ Apple TV FindEdition

Cast

Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Dek / Young Predator
Elle Fanning Weyland-Yutani Synthetic

Characters

Dek / Young Predator Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Weyland-Yutani Synthetic Elle Fanning

Crew

Dan Trachtenberg Director
Dan Trachtenberg Screenwriter
John Davis Producer
Jim Thomas Characters Created By
John Thomas Characters Created By

Videos

Official Trailer

Soundtrack

  1. Badlands Main Theme — Original Score / The Hu
  2. Yautja Prime Descent — Original Score

Trivia

  • Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi became the first actor to portray a Predator as the primary protagonist and hero of a feature film.
  • The film introduces a fully constructed written and spoken Yautja language developed by linguist Paul R. Frommer.
  • The trailer features music performed by the Mongolian folk metal band The Hu.

Quotes

"The hunt evolves when the hunter becomes the outcast."

"A new world, a new code."

Goofs

  • During the forest tracking sequence, shadow alignments from artificial lighting rigs briefly cross-reference opposite natural sunlight vectors.

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The seventh feature film in the mainline Predator franchise.

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